Survey of London: Billingsgate Ward
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Billinsgate warde,
beginneth at the west ende of Towerstreete warde, in
Thames streete, about Smartes Key, and runneth downe along that streete on the south side, to
S. Magnus church at the Bridge foote, and on the north side of the same
Thames steeete, from ouer against Smarts Key till ouer against the North west Corner of
S. Magnus Church aforesaide: on this
North side of Thames streete, is S. Marie hill lane, vp to S. Margarets Church, and then parte of S. Margarets Pattens
streete,
at the end of S. Mary hil lane: Next out
of Thames streete is Lucas
lane, and then Buttolph lane, and at the
northend thereof Philpot lane, then is Rothar lane,
of olde time so called, and thwart the same lane is little
East
cheape, and these be the bounds of this Billinsgate warde. Touch
ing the principall ornamentes within this warde. On the south
side of Thames streete, beginning at the East end thereof, there is first the saide Smartes key, so called of one Smart sometime owner thereof, the next is Billinsgate, whereof the whole ward taketh name, the which (leauing out the fable, thereof faigning it to be builded by king Beline a Briton, long before the incarna
tion of Christ) is at this present a large Water gate, Porte or Harbrough for ships and Boates, commonly ariuing there with fish both fresh and salt, shell fishes, salt, Orenges, Onions, and o
ther Fruits and Rootes, Wheat, Rie, and Graine of diuers sorts, for seruice of the Citie, and the partes of this Realme adioyning. This Gate is now more frequented then of olde time, when the Queenes Hith was more vsed as being appointed by the kinges of this Realm, to be the special or onely porte for taking vp of al such kinde of marchandizes brought to this citie by strangers & For
renners, and the draw bridge of Timber at London bridge was then to bée raised or drawne vp for passage of shippes with toppes thether. Touching the auncient customes of this Bi1llinsgate,
warde the thirde, euery great ship landing there, paide for stran
cheape, and these be the bounds of this Billinsgate warde. Touch
ing the principall ornamentes within this warde. On the south
side of Thames streete, beginning at the East end thereof, there is first the saide Smartes key, so called of one Smart sometime owner thereof, the next is Billinsgate, whereof the whole ward taketh name, the which (leauing out the fable, thereof faigning it to be builded by king Beline a Briton, long before the incarna
tion of Christ) is at this present a large Water gate, Porte or Harbrough for ships and Boates, commonly ariuing there with fish both fresh and salt, shell fishes, salt, Orenges, Onions, and o
ther Fruits and Rootes, Wheat, Rie, and Graine of diuers sorts, for seruice of the Citie, and the partes of this Realme adioyning. This Gate is now more frequented then of olde time, when the Queenes Hith was more vsed as being appointed by the kinges of this Realm, to be the special or onely porte for taking vp of al such kinde of marchandizes brought to this citie by strangers & For
renners, and the draw bridge of Timber at London bridge was then to bée raised or drawne vp for passage of shippes with toppes thether. Touching the auncient customes of this Bi1llinsgate,
Customes of Billinsgate.
I haue not read in anyrecorde, more then that in
the raigne of Edwarde the thirde, euery great ship landing there, paide for stran
dage
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two pence,
euery little ship, with Orelockes a penny, the lesser boate called a Battle, a
halfepenny: of two quarters of corn measured the king was to haue one Farthing of
a Combe, of Corne a pennie, of euerie weight going out of the City a halfepenny,
of two quarters of sea coale measured a farthing, and of euery Tunne of Ale going
out of England beyond the seas, by Marchant strangers foure pence, of
euery thousand Herring, a farthing, except the Franchises &c.
The next to this is Somars key,
which
likewise tooke that name of one Somar dwelling there, as did Lion key of one Lyon owner
thereof, and since of the signe of a Lyon.
Then is there a fayre Wharfe or Key, called Buttolphes gate by that name so called in the times of
VVilliam the Conqueror, and of Edwarde the Confessor, as I
haue shewed alreadie in the description of the Gates.
Next is the parish church of S. Buttolph,
monger, and VVilliam his Father, the saide Iohn Rainwel was Maior 1426. and deceasing 1445. was buried there with this Epitaphe.
Parish church of S.
Buttolph,
a proper Church, & hath had many fayre monumentes
therein, now defaced and cleane gone: notwithstanding I find by Testimonies
abroad, that these which follow were buried there, to wit, Roger Coggar,
1384. Andrew Pikeman, and Ioan his wife, 1391.
Nicholas Iames Ironmonger one of the Sheriffes, 1423.
Iohn Raynewel Fishmonger, and VVilliam his Father, the saide Iohn Rainwel was Maior 1426. and deceasing 1445. was buried there with this Epitaphe.
Citizens of London, call to your remembrance,
The famous Iohn Rainewel, sometime your Maior,
Of the Staple of Callis, so was his chance.
Here lieth now his Corps, his soule bright and fayre,
Is taken to heauens blisse, thereof is no dispaire.
His actes beare witnes, by matters of recorde,
How charitable he was, and of what accorde,
No man hath beene so beneficial as hee,
Vnto the Citie, in giuing liberalitie,&c.
Hee gaue a stone house, to bee a Reuestrie to that Church for euer: more, hee gaue
landes, and Tenementes to the vse of the
gate, Downegate, and Aldegate, as often as it shall happen any fifeteene, by Parliament of the king to bee granted, also to the Exchequer in discharge of the Sheriffes tenne pounde yearely, which the Sheriffes vsed to pay for the Fearme of Southwarke, so that all men of the Realme, comming or passing with carriage should be free quitted and discharged of all Tole and other pay
mentes, afore time clamed by the Sheriffes: Further that the Maior and Chamberlaine, shall pay yearely to the Sheriffes, eight pound, so that the saide Sheriffes take no manner Tole or money, of any person of this Realme, for their goods, Marchandi
zes, victuailes, and carriages, for their passages at the great gate of the bridge of the citie, nor at the gate called the draw bridge &c. The ouerplus of money comming of the saide Landes and Tene
mentes, deuided into euen portions, the one parte to bee imploy
led to instore the Grayners of the Cittie, with wheate for the re
leefe of the poore Comminaltie, and the other Moity to cleare and clense the shelues, and other stoppages of the riuer of Thames &c.
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Comminaltie, that the Maior and Chamberlaine should satisfie vnto the discharge of
all persons, inhabiting the wardes of Belinsgate, Downegate, and Aldegate, as often as it shall happen any fifeteene, by Parliament of the king to bee granted, also to the Exchequer in discharge of the Sheriffes tenne pounde yearely, which the Sheriffes vsed to pay for the Fearme of Southwarke, so that all men of the Realme, comming or passing with carriage should be free quitted and discharged of all Tole and other pay
mentes, afore time clamed by the Sheriffes: Further that the Maior and Chamberlaine, shall pay yearely to the Sheriffes, eight pound, so that the saide Sheriffes take no manner Tole or money, of any person of this Realme, for their goods, Marchandi
zes, victuailes, and carriages, for their passages at the great gate of the bridge of the citie, nor at the gate called the draw bridge &c. The ouerplus of money comming of the saide Landes and Tene
mentes, deuided into euen portions, the one parte to bee imploy
led to instore the Grayners of the Cittie, with wheate for the re
leefe of the poore Comminaltie, and the other Moity to cleare and clense the shelues, and other stoppages of the riuer of Thames &c.
Stephen Forstar Fishmonger, Maior in the yeare, 1454. and Dame
Agnes his wife, lie buried there: VVilliam Bacon Ha
berdasher, one of the Sheriffes 1480. was there buried, besides many other persons of good worship, whose monumentes are all destroyed by greedy men of spoile.
berdasher, one of the Sheriffes 1480. was there buried, besides many other persons of good worship, whose monumentes are all destroyed by greedy men of spoile.
This parish of S. Buttolph is no great
thing, notwithstan
ding diuers strangers are there harbored as may appeare by a presentment, not many yeres since made of strangers
ding diuers strangers are there harbored as may appeare by a presentment, not many yeres since made of strangers
The number of strangers.
inhabitants in the warde of Billinsgate in these
wordes. In Billinsgate ward were one and fifty
householdes of strangers, whereof thirty of these househouldes inhabited in the
parrish of S. Buttolph in the chiefe and
principall houses where they giue twenty pound the yeare for a house lately
letten, for foure marks, the nearer they dwell to the waterside, the more they
giue for houses, and within thirty yeares before there was not in the whole warde
aboue thrée Netherlanders, at which time there was within the saide parish leauied
for the helpe of the poore, seauen and twentie pounde, by the yeare, but since
they came so plentifully thether, there cannot
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be gathered
aboue eleuen pound, for they will not contribute to such charges as other Citizens
doe. Thus much for that south side of this warde.
On the north side is Bosse Alley,
ard VVhitington.
Bosses alley and the Bosse of Billinsgate.
so called of a Bosse
of spring water continually running, which standeth by Billinsgate, against this Alley, and was sometimes made by the Executors
of Richard VVhitington.
Then is S. Mary hill lane,
which
runneth vp North from Billinsgate, to the end of
S. Margaret Pattens, commonly cal
led Roode lane, and the greatest halfe of that lane is also of Billins
gate warde. In this S. Marie hil
gate.
led Roode lane, and the greatest halfe of that lane is also of Billins
gate warde. In this S. Marie hil
Parish church of S.
Mary hil.
lane is the fayre parish church of S. Marie called on the hill, bycause of the ascent
from Billinsgate.
This church hath been lately builded, as may appeare by this that followeth.
Richarde Hackney one of the Sheriffes in the yeare 1322.
and Alice his wife were there buried, as Robert Fabian writeth,
saying thus. In the yeare 1497. in the moneth of Aprill, as laborers digged
for the foundation of a walle, with
in the Church of S. Marie hil neare vnto Billinsgate, they found a Coffin of rotten Timber, and therein the Corps of a woman, whole ofskin, and of bones vndeseuered, and the iointes of her armes pliable, without breaking of the skinne, vpon whose sepul
chre this was engrauen. Here lyen the bodies of Richarde Hackney and Allice
monger was buried there, 1387. Nicholas Exton Fishmonger Maior, 1387. VVilliam Cambridge Maior, 1420 William Phillip Sergeant at Armes, 1473. Robert Reuell one of the Sheriffes 1490. gaue liberally towarde the new building of this Church, and steeple, and was there buried, William Remington Maior, 1500. Sir Thomas Blanke Maior, 1582. VVilliam Holstocke Esquier, Controller of the kinges ships. Sir Cut
berte Buckle Maior, 1594.
in the Church of S. Marie hil neare vnto Billinsgate, they found a Coffin of rotten Timber, and therein the Corps of a woman, whole ofskin, and of bones vndeseuered, and the iointes of her armes pliable, without breaking of the skinne, vpon whose sepul
chre this was engrauen. Here lyen the bodies of Richarde Hackney and Allice
Alice Hackney found vncor
rupted more then 170. yeres after shee was buried.
his wife, the which Richard was Sheriffe in the fifteenth of Edwarde
the second, her bodie was kept aboue ground, three or foure dayes
without noysance, but then it waxed vnsauorie: and so was again buried. Iohn
Mordan stocke-Fishrupted more then 170. yeres after shee was buried.
monger was buried there, 1387. Nicholas Exton Fishmonger Maior, 1387. VVilliam Cambridge Maior, 1420 William Phillip Sergeant at Armes, 1473. Robert Reuell one of the Sheriffes 1490. gaue liberally towarde the new building of this Church, and steeple, and was there buried, William Remington Maior, 1500. Sir Thomas Blanke Maior, 1582. VVilliam Holstocke Esquier, Controller of the kinges ships. Sir Cut
berte Buckle Maior, 1594.
This lane on both sides is furnished with many fayre houses for
Marchantes and hath at the North end thereof, one other
gaine newly builded, during which time the oblations made to this Roode, were imployed towardes building of the church: but in the yere 1538. about the 23. of May in the morning, the saide Roode was found to haue been in the night proceeding (by people vnknown), broken all to péeces, together with the Tabernacle, wherein it had béene placed. Also on the 27, of the same moneth, in same parrish amongst the Basketmakers, a great and sudden fire happened in the night season, which within the space of thrée howers consumed more then a dozen houses, & nine persons were brent to death there, and thus ceased that worke of this Church, being at that time nigh finished to the steeple.
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lane called
S. Margaret Pattens, because of olde
time Pattens were there vsually made and solde: but of later time, this is called
Roode lane, of a Roode there placed, in the
Church yarde of Saint Margaret,
whilest the olde Church was taken downe, and againe newly builded, during which time the oblations made to this Roode, were imployed towardes building of the church: but in the yere 1538. about the 23. of May in the morning, the saide Roode was found to haue been in the night proceeding (by people vnknown), broken all to péeces, together with the Tabernacle, wherein it had béene placed. Also on the 27, of the same moneth, in same parrish amongst the Basketmakers, a great and sudden fire happened in the night season, which within the space of thrée howers consumed more then a dozen houses, & nine persons were brent to death there, and thus ceased that worke of this Church, being at that time nigh finished to the steeple.
The lane on both sides beyond the same church to the mid
way towardes Fenchurch streete is of Billinsga te warde.
way towardes Fenchurch streete is of Billinsga te warde.
Then againe out of Thames streete, by the west ende
of S. Mary hill Church, runneth vp one
other lane of olde time called Roape lane,
Rope lane or Lucas lane.
since called Lucas Lane, of one Lucas owner of some part
thereof, and now corruptly called Loue lane, it
runneth vp by the East end of a parish Church of Saint
Andrew Hubbert, or Saint Andrew
in East Cheape: This Church and all the whole Lane called Lucas Lane is of this Billinsegate warde.
Then haue yee one other lane out of Thames streete,
cal
led Buttolph lane, because it riseth ouer against the Parrish Church
led Buttolph lane, because it riseth ouer against the Parrish Church
Parish church of S. Andrew
Hubbert.
of S. Buttolph, and runneth vp North by
the East end of S. Georges Church, to the
West ende of S. Androwes Church and to the
south ende of Philpot lane.
This Parrish Church of Saint George in Buttolph lane,
is smal, but the Monumentes for two hundred yeares past are well
preserued, from spoile whereof, one is of Adam Bamme Maior, one thousand
three hundred ninetie seauen, Richarde Bamme Esquier, his sonne
of Gillingham in Kent, 1452. Iohn
VValton Gentleman, 1401.Parish
Marpor a Gentleman, 1400. Iohn, Saint Iohn Marchant of
Leauaunt, and Agnes his wife, 1400. VVilliam
Combes Stocke Fishmonger, one of
therine his wife, Daughter to Morrice Brune Knight, Lorde of Southuckenton in Essex, Stewarde o the Housholde to Humphrey Duke of Glocester, 1487. Nicholas Partrich one of the Sheriffes, 1519. William Forman Maior, 1538. Iames Mounforde Esquier. Surgeon to king Henry the eight, buried. 1544. Thomas Gayle Haberdashar. 1540. Ni
cholas Wilforde Marchant Taylor and Elizabeth his wife, a
bout the yeare. 1551. Hugh Spencer Esquier, 1424. Edward Heywarde 1573. &c.
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the
Sheriffes, 1452. who gaue forty pound, towardes the workes of
that Church. Iohn Stokar Draper one of the Sheriffes, 1477.
Richarde Drylande Esquier, and Katherine his wife, Daughter to Morrice Brune Knight, Lorde of Southuckenton in Essex, Stewarde o the Housholde to Humphrey Duke of Glocester, 1487. Nicholas Partrich one of the Sheriffes, 1519. William Forman Maior, 1538. Iames Mounforde Esquier. Surgeon to king Henry the eight, buried. 1544. Thomas Gayle Haberdashar. 1540. Ni
cholas Wilforde Marchant Taylor and Elizabeth his wife, a
bout the yeare. 1551. Hugh Spencer Esquier, 1424. Edward Heywarde 1573. &c.
Then haue yee one other lane called Rother Lane or
Red Rose Lane,
of such a signe there, now commonly called Pudding Lane, because the Butchers of
Eastcheape, haue their skalding house for Hogges there, and their
Puddinges with other filth of Beastes, are voided downe that way to their dung
boates on the Thames.
This Lane stretcheth from Thames streete to little East-
Cheape chiefely inhabited, by Basketmakers, Turners, and Butchers: and is all of Billins gate warde. The Garland in little East Cheape, sometime a Brewhouse, with a Garden on the backeside adioyning to the Garden of Sir Iohn Philpot, was the chiefe house in this East Cheape, it is now deuided into sundry small Tenementes, &c.
Cheape chiefely inhabited, by Basketmakers, Turners, and Butchers: and is all of Billins gate warde. The Garland in little East Cheape, sometime a Brewhouse, with a Garden on the backeside adioyning to the Garden of Sir Iohn Philpot, was the chiefe house in this East Cheape, it is now deuided into sundry small Tenementes, &c.
This Warde hath one Alderman, and his Deputie, common Counsellors Constables
eleuen, Scauengers sixe, for the Wardmote inquest foureteene and a Beadle, it is
taxed to the fifteene in London, at two and thirty pound, and in the
Exche
quer at one and thirty pound ten shillinges.
quer at one and thirty pound ten shillinges.
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Chief data architect at University of Oxford IT Services, Sebastian was well known for his contributions to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), OxGarage, and the Text Creation Partnership (TCP).Roles played in the project
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Creator of TEI Stylesheets for Conversion of EEBO-TCP Encoding to TEI-P5
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Paul Schaffner
PS
E-text and TCP production manager at the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service (DLPS), Paul manages the production of full-text transcriptions for EEBO-TCP.Roles played in the project
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Editor of Original EEBO-TCP Encoding
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Joey Takeda
JT
Programmer, 2018-present; Junior Programmer, 2015 to 2017; Research Assistant, 2014 to 2017. Joey Takeda is an MA student at the University of British Columbia in the Department of English (Science and Technology research stream). He completed his BA honours in English (with a minor in Women’s Studies) at the University of Victoria in 2016. His primary research interests include diasporic and indigenous Canadian and American literature, critical theory, cultural studies, and the digital humanities.Roles played in the project
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Katie Tanigawa
KT
Katie Tanigawa is a doctoral candidate at the University of Victoria. Her dissertation focuses on representations of poverty in Irish modernist literature. Her additional research interests include geospatial analyses of modernist texts and digital humanities approaches to teaching and analyzing literature.Roles played in the project
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Brandon Taylor
BT
Research assistant, 2015 to present. Brandon Taylor is a graduate student at the University of Victoria in the Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) stream. He is specifically focused on the critical reception of John Milton and his subsequent impact on religion, philosophy, and politics. He also writes about television and film when time permits.Roles played in the project
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Martin D. Holmes
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Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.Roles played in the project
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Sarah Milligan
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MoEML Research Affiliate. Research assistant, 2012-14. Sarah Milligan completed her MA at the University of Victoria in 2012 on the invalid persona in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese. She has also worked with the Internet Shakespeare Editions and with Dr. Alison Chapman on the Victorian Poetry Network, compiling an index of Victorian periodical poetry.Roles played in the project
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Edward III
Edward III King of England
(b. 12 November 1312, d. 21 June 1377)King of England and lord of Ireland, 1327—1377. Duke of Aquitaine, 1327—1360, and lord of Aquitaine, 1360—77. Son of Edward II and Isabella of France.Edward III is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward II is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward the Confessor
Saint Edward the Confessor King of England
(b. between 1003 and 1005, d. between 4 January 1066 and 5 January 1066)King of England venerated as a saint after his death.Edward the Confessor is mentioned in the following documents:
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William fitz Stephen is mentioned in the following documents:
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Agnes Forster is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Forster
Stephen Forster Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London from 1444—1445 CE. Mayor from 1454—1455 CE. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Possible member of the Grocers’ Company.Stephen Forster is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VIII is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humfrey of Lancaster
Good Duke Humphrey or First duke of Gloucester (second creation) Humphrey of Lancaster
(b. 1390, d. 1447)First duke of Gloucester (second creation). Prince, soldier, and literary patron. He was the youngest son of Henry IV, and his first wife, Mary de Bohun.Humfrey of Lancaster is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Hugh Spencer
Father of Philip Spencer and Isabel Spencer.Sir Hugh Spencer is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stow is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Whittington is mentioned in the following documents:
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William I is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wolfe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Exton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Fabian
(d. 1513)Sheriff of London from 1493—1494 CE. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Elizabeth Peak. Stow incorrectly says he died in 1511. Likely buried in St. Michael, Cornhill.Robert Fabian is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Philipot
Sir John Philipot Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1384)Sheriff of London from 1372—1373 CE. Mayor from 1378—1379 CE. Possible member of the Grocers’ Company or Fishmongers’ Company. Knighted by Richard II for his help in suppressing the Peasant’s Revolt in 1381.Sir John Philipot is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Remyngton
William Remyngton Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London from 1487—1488 CE. Mayor of London from 1500—1501 CE. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company.William Remyngton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Revell is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Combes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cunobeline
Cunobeline Pre-Roman King in Britain Cymbeline King Beline Cunobelinus
(d. 40)A king in pre-Roman Britain, later dramatized in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.Cunobeline is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Coggar
Buried in St. Botolph, Billingsgate.Roger Coggar is mentioned in the following documents:
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Andrew Pikeman
Husband of Joan Pikeman.Andrew Pikeman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joan Pikeman
Wife of Andrew Pikeman.Joan Pikeman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Jamys is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Raynewell
His father, William Raynewell, was the mayor.John Raynewell is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Raynewell
Father of John Raynewell.William Raynewell is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Bacon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Hackney
Husband to Alice Hackney.Richard Hackney is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alice Hackney
Wife of Richard Hackney.Alice Hackney is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Mordan
Fishmonger.John Mordan is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Cambridge
Mayor of London.William Cambridge is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Phillip
Seargent at Arms.William Phillip is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Blanke
Thomas Blanke Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1514, d. 1588)Sheriff of London from 1574—1575 CE. Mayor from 1582—1583 CE. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Had the misfortune of obtaining that role during the plague.Thomas Blanke is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Holstocke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Adam Bamme
Adam Bamme Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London from 1382—1383 CE. Mayor from 1390—1391 CE and from 1396—1397 CE. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Father of Richard Bamme.Adam Bamme is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Bamme
Son of Adam Bamme.Richard Bamme is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Walton
Gentleman.John Walton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Marpor
Gentleman.Marpor is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stokker is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Drylande
Husband of Katherine Drylande.Richard Drylande is mentioned in the following documents:
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Katherine Drylande
Wife of Richard Drylande and daughter of Morrice Brune.Katherine Drylande is mentioned in the following documents:
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Morrice Brune
Lord of Southuckenton and father of Katherine Drylande.Morrice Brune is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Partryche is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Forman is mentioned in the following documents:
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James Mounforde
Buried in St. George church.James Mounforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Gayle
Buried in St. George church.Thomas Gayle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Wilforde
Husband of Elizabeth Wilforde. Buried at St. Pancras church.Nicholas Wilforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Wilforde
Wife of Nicholas Wilforde.Elizabeth Wilforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Heywarde
Buried in St. George church.Edward Heywarde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Cuthbert Buckle is mentioned in the following documents:
Locations
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Pope’s Head Alley
Pope’s Head Alley ran south from Cornhill to Lombard Street, and was named for the Pope’s Head Tavern that stood at its northern end. Although it does not appear on the Agas Map, its approximate location can be surmised since all three streets still exist. Although Stow himself does not discuss Pope’s Head Alley directly, his book wasImprinted by Iohn Wolfe, Printer to the honorable Citie of London: And are to be sold at his shop within the Popes head Alley in Lombard street. 1598
(Stow 1598). Booksellers proliferated Alley in the early years of the 17th century (Sugden 418).Pope’s Head Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lombard Street
Lombard Street runs east to west from Gracechurch Street to Poultry. The Agas map labels itLombard streat.
Lombard Street limns the south end of Langbourn Ward, but borders three other wards: Walbrook Ward to the south east, Bridge Within Ward to the south west, and Candlewick Street Ward to the south.Lombard Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Billingsgate Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Billingsgate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Tower Street Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Tower Street Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thames Street
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.Thames Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Smart’s Key
One of the Legal Quays, Smart’s Key was primarily involved in the trade of fish. Named after its original owner, a Master Smart, the key eventually came into the possession of London’s fraternity of cordwainers. It is perhaps most notorious for being the location of an alehouse that in 1585 was converted by a man named Wotton into a training ground for aspiring cut-purses and pickpockets. The key was an important landing place for merchant vessels throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.Smart’s Key is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Magnus
The church of St. Magnus the Martyr, believed to be founded some time in the 11th century, was on the south side of Thames Street just north of London Bridge. According to Stow, in its churchyardhaue béene buried many men of good worship, whose monumentes are now for the most part vtterly defaced,
including John Michell, mayor of London in the first part of the 15th century (Stow 1598 167). The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren (Wikipedia).St. Magnus is mentioned in the following documents:
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London Bridge
From the time the first wooden bridge in London was built by the Romans in 52 CE until 1729 when Putney Bridge opened, London Bridge was the only bridge across the Thames in London. During this time, several structures were built upon the bridge, though many were either dismantled or fell apart. John Stow’s 1598 A Survey of London claims that the contemporary version of the bridge was already outdated by 994, likely due to the bridge’s wooden construction (Stow 1:21).London Bridge is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary at Hill Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret Pattens is mentioned in the following documents:
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Rodd Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Love Lane (Thames Street)
Love Lane, Thames Street was situated within Billingsgate (or Belingsgate) ward (Hughson 91). Billingsgate ward is two wards to the west of the Tower of London. The Agas map shows that the lane goes from north to south—up to St. Andrew Hubbard and down to Thames Street. It runs parallel to the streets St. Mary-at-Hill and Botolph Lane.Love Lane (Thames Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Botolph Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Philpot Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Little Eastcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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Billingsgate
Billingsgate (Bylynges gate or Belins Gate), a water-gate and harbour located on the north side of the Thames between London Bridge and the Tower of London, was London’s principal dock in Shakespeare’s day. Its age and the origin of its name are uncertain. It was probably built ca. 1000 in response to the rebuilding of London Bridge in the tenth or eleventh century.Billingsgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Queenhithe
Queenhithe is one of the oldest havens or harbours for ships along the Thames. Hyd is an Anglo-Saxon word meaninglanding place.
Queenhithe was known in the ninth century as Aetheredes hyd orthe landing place of Aethelred.
Aethelred was the son-in-law of Alfred the Great (the first king to unify England and have any real authority over London), anealdorman
(i.e., alderman) of the former kingdom of Mercia, and ruler of London (Sheppard 70).Queenhithe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Somar’s Key is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lyon Key is mentioned in the following documents:
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Botolph’s Wharf is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Botolph (Billingsgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dowgate Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Dowgate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldgate Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Aldgate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Thames is mentioned in the following documents:
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Boss Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Boss of Billingsgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary at Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street (often called Fennieabout) ran east-west from the pump on Aldgate High Street to Gracechurch Street in Langbourne Ward, crossing Mark Lane, Mincing Lane, and Rodd Lane along the way. Fenchurch Street was home to several famous landmarks, including the King’s Head Tavern, where the then-Princess Elizabeth is said to have partaken inpork and peas
after her sister, Mary I, released her from the Tower of London in May of 1554 (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 288). Fenchurch Street was on the royal processional route through the city, toured by monarchs on the day before their coronations.Fenchurch Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew Hubbard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. George is mentioned in the following documents:
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Pudding Lane
Pudding Lane is most famously known as the starting point of the Great Fire of 1666. Pudding Lane ran south from Little Eastcheap down to Thames Street, with New Fish Street (Newfyshe Streat) framing it on the west and Botolph Lane on the east. The only intersecting street on Pudding Lane is St. George’s Lane, and the nearby parishes include St. Margaret’s, St. Magnus’s, St. Botolph’s, St. George’s, and St. Leonard, Eastcheap. On Ekwall’s map it is labeled asRother (Pudding) Lane
after Stow’s account of the lane’s former title. Pudding Lane is contained within Billingsgate Ward.Pudding Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eastcheap
Eastcheap Street ran east-west, from Tower Street to St. Martin’s Lane. West of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap was known asGreat Eastcheap.
The portion of the street to the east of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street was known asLittle Eastcheap.
Eastcheap (Eschepe or Excheapp) was the site of a medieval food market.Eastcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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Garland in Little Eastcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
Organizations
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EEBO-TCP
Early English Books Online–Text Creation Partnership
EEBO-TCP is a partnership with ProQuest and with more than 150 libraries to generate highly accurate, fully-searchable, SGML/XML-encoded texts corresponding to books from the Early English Books Online Database. EEBO-TCP maintains a website at http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/tcp-eebo/.
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